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Friday, June 22, 2012 Taliban Attack At Kabul Hotel Ends KABUL, June 22 (Reuters) - Elite Afghan police backed by NATO forces ended a 12-hour siege on Friday at a popular lakeside hotel outside Kabul, leaving at least 20 dead after Taliban gunmen stormed the lakeside building, bursting into a party and seizing dozens of hostages. CLUELESS: Majority Of Polled Republicans Insist Iraq Had WMDs Tens Of Thousands Rally Against Egypt's Military At Least 25 Killed In Syrian Village; State TV Blames Terrorists Remains Of Vietnam War Servicemen Finally Return Home And The Happiest Country In The World Is... BLOG POSTS Bitta Mostofi: Apple Should "Think Different" on Sanctions Technology and telecommunications companies like Apple should be leading the charge to lift sanctions that violate freedom of speech and access to information, not over-zealously applying these policies. Michael Kugelman: The Dismissal of Pakistan's Prime Minister: It Could Have Been Worse After the news broke that Pakistan's Supreme Court had ousted Prime Minister Gilani, the U.S. news media went into overdrive. Fears abounded of worst-case scenarios. In fact, there's little reason to assume any of these scenarios will come to pass. Louis Belanger: What Does a Gun Mean to You? (Video) Ahead of the history-making decision on the Arms Trade Treaty less than two weeks from now -- starting July 2 in New York at the United Nations -- the Control Arms Coalition set up a series of exclusive interviews with four high-profile personalities. Fiona Watson: Indigenous Rights Are Key to Rio 20's Vision of Sustainability If we cannot ensure the survival of the Amazon's last nomads who probably more than any people, define what it is to live sustainably, and who ask for nothing other than respect for their land and way of life, what will that say about the path humanity is heading down? Ernest Drucker: How Many More Mexicans Must Die for America's Drugs? The present surge in homicides in Mexico and the region is yet another tale of America's maintaining our own expensive drug habits at the expense of our neighboring nations' fundamental well being. But the July 1 presidential election in Mexico may be a turning point.

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